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Fritz Fullriede (4 January 1895 – 3 November 1969) was a German officer, reaching the rank of Generalmajor by the end of World War II. Fullriede was born in Bremen and fought in the First World War. As a Freikorps member after the war, he fought against Polish rebels in the Silesian Uprisings. Fullriede lived in Africa from 1924 to 1934. After returning to Germany, he reenlisted. Fullriede fought in the German invasion of Poland and on the Eastern Front. He served in the Afrika Korps, the Italian Campaign, defended against the Operation Market Garden, and then returned to the Eastern Front again. The last German commander of Festung Kolberg, Fullriede received the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves in 1945. Fullriede was taken prisoner by the Americans. He was sentenced for 12 years for various crimes and released after serving four years. He emigrated to Africa but returned to Germany before his death in Bad Oldesloe. ==Awards== * Iron Cross (1914) * * 2nd Class (25 August 1917)〔Thomas 1997, p. 186.〕〔Wegmann 2010, p. 306.〕 * Clasp to the Iron Cross (1939) * Wound Badge (1918) in Black (20 July 1918)〔 * Hanseatic Cross of Bremen (25 July 1918)〔 * * 2nd Class (7 July 1941)〔〔 * Iron Cross (1939) * * 1st Class (23 October 1941)〔〔 * Wound Badge (1939) in Gold (20 August 1941)〔 * Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves * * Knight's Cross on 11 April 1943 as ''Oberstleutnant'' and commander of Kampfgruppe Fullriede in the Panzer AOK 5〔Fellgiebel 2000, p. 189.〕 * * 803rd Oak Leaves on 23 March 1945 as ''Oberst'' and commander of the fortress Kolberg〔Fellgiebel 2000, p. 100.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Fritz Fullriede」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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